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04.Laptop plans

Vodafone

Vodafone launched its mobile broadband service in November 2005 and it’s available for both PC and Mac laptops. You’ll need to buy the Vodafone Mobile Connect card for $299 to access the service.

The coverage areas include Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra metropolitan areas; and Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth airports. Outside of these areas, connection shifts to the Vodafone GPRS network at a speed of up to 56kbps for incoming and outgoing data.

The 3 NetConnect mobile broadband plans have two options – connect with a laptop card or use a 3 mobile as a modem to connect to a laptop. Connection is available in most areas of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth and Canberra. Outside of these, the service shifts to Telstra’s GPRS network where the speed is 40kbps to download and up to 10kbps to send (upload).